UPDATE 1-Canada's oil capital to be shut for days after flooding

CALGARY, Alberta, June 22 (Reuters) - Southern Alberta
braced for more disruption on Saturday from floods that killed
at least three people, forced about 100,000 from their homes and
blacked out the center of Canada's oil capital, Calgary.

Communities to the south and east of Calgary were on high
alert as flood waters moved across the region. But with rainfall
easing, a few residents began returning to damaged homes and
authorities were hopeful that the worst might be over.

"It's morning in Calgary! Sunny, water levels are down, and
our spirit remains strong," Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said on
Twitter. "We're not out of this, but maybe have turned (the)
corner."

The floods followed some 36 hours of unusually heavy
rainfall - some communities received six months of their normal
rainfall in under two days.

Evacuations started on Thursday in Calgary and in smaller
cities. Utility Enmax switched off power to central Calgary on
Friday afternoon lest water damage its downtown facilities, and
the area was still without power and closed to cars on Saturday.

A few tourists and residents strolled in the carless streets
of the city's core, but the area was eerily quiet.

Officials were unable to say how much it would cost to
repair flooded homes and rebuild roads and bridges washed away
by the murky brown floodwater.
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